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Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, February 26, 2001

Cheer team places
third nationally

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Star-Bulletin staff

The Hawaii Cheer Company placed third in its division in the National Cheerleaders Association All-Star Cheerleading Championship in Dallas yesterday.

The Hawaii squad finished the Small Coed All-Star Division with 9.22 points, behind champion Spirit of Texas of Arlington, Texas with 9.44 points and runner-up Cheer Athletics of Dallas with 9.27 points.

HPU sweeps PWC foe

Jessica Parra pitched a two-hitter to lead the Hawaii Pacific softball team to a 4-0 win in the opener of a doubleheader sweep of Montana State-Billings yesterday in Pacific West Conference play at the Hawaii Loa campus field.

Parra hasn't allowed an earned run in her last 28 innings, and her streak of consecutive scoreless innings is 20.

Malia Sullivan's one-hitter led the Sea Warriors (10-0, 10-0 Pacific West Conference) over the Grizzlies (0-2, 0-2) in the second game.

Brandy Choy Foo hit a double in both games for HPU.

Pipeline Pro on hold

The 15th Annual HIC Pipeline Pro was again put on hold today due to dropping surf and onshore wind conditions.

Competition began Saturday morning in 6- to 12-foot conditions but had to be halted.The contest will resume today if conditions improve.

The event can be seen on two Web sites:

http://www.surfinglive.com
http://www.swell.com

Kohler leader for Eagles

Aina Kohler, a transfer from the University of Hawaii, is leading the Concordia University (Irvine, Calif.) women's basketball team in scoring and rebounding.

Kohler, from Lahaina, Maui, is sixth in rebounds and eighth in scoring in the Golden State Athletic Conference.

She averages 14.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game for the Eagles.

Harris, Blomme win 10K

Lisa Blomme and Andy Harris were the overall winners in the Pearl Harbor Bike Path 10K yesterday.

Harris finished first in 35 minutes, 41 seconds. Blomme was timed in 37:37 to win the women's division.

Softball tourney tickets

Ticket packages are available for upcoming University of Hawaii softball team tournaments.

Packages purchased prior to the start of each tournament are $20 for adults and $14 for senior citizens and students. The price for UH students is $7.

The Wahine have two tournaments in March --the Malihini Softball Tournament (March 8-11) and the Hawaii Invitational (March 22-25).

Tickets are available at the Stan Sheriff Center box office or by calling 944-BOWS.